October 27, 2017

OLLI NOTES              October 27, 2017

 

OLLI Office hours are 8:30-5, Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays.  The office number is 864-294-2998.

 

The Winter brochure is available online and should arrive at your homes next week. Registration for the Winter Term begins November 14 (8 a.m.) for course package holders and November 16 (8 a.m.) for single course purchasers. If you need to pick up an extra copy for a friend, be watching by the front door late next week.

 

Join us for the next recital featuring our beautiful grand piano on Monday, November 6 at 4 p.m. in Manly Lobby. Contemporary music specialist and Furman professor Daniel Koppelman and composer/technologist Christopher Dobrian will present a recital of interactive music for piano and computer. The concert program includes both composed and improvised pieces in which the sound of the piano is mediated and processed by the computer, as well as pieces in which the piano itself is the interface for intelligent interaction between pianist and computer.  Free. RSVPs to the OLLI Office are helpful so that we know how many chairs to set up.

 

Help a local family! Bridges to a Brighter Future is a Furman program for high school students whose potential outdistances their circumstances. You are invited to sponsor a Bridges student for the holidays by purchasing gifts from a wish list (perhaps with a surprise or two). Sign up and learn more with Bridges representative, Dean Bailey, in the Manly Lobby from 12-1:30 p.m. next week, Tue/Wed/Thurs. All donations due back by Mon., Dec. 11. Donation cap is $100. This is a great opportunity to share with OLLI friends!

 

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS

There is room for YOU in this Friday Bonus Event on Nov. 3Quilt Exhibition by UpCountry Quilters Guild – 9 a.m.–1 p.m. (Pickens) Over 100 quilts made by local quilters will be on display at the judged quilt show, “Stitches That Bind Us.” Sign up in the OLLI office.

 

OLLI HAPPENINGS

Lunch and Learn Tuesdays, speakers from the community present a variety of interesting topics.  Free and open to the public, 12:30-1:20 p.m., HC110.  Bring your lunch and enjoy! Oct. 31, “The History of Furman by Our Favorite Historian,” Judy Bainbridge, retired Furman faculty, OLLI member, Greenville News columnist.

 

The Photography Committee invites you to Photoshop for Lightroom Users, Friday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m.–noon, HC104 (Computer Lab). This program will discuss and show how to use Photoshop after processing images in Lightroom to further enhance them. Discussion topics will include focus stacking, blending images, content aware move, changing backgrounds and using filters. Prerequisite is a working knowledge of Lightroom. Proficiency level 2 or 3 recommended.  Contact Stephen Singer with questions.

 

The OLLI Travel SIG will meet on Friday, November 3, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., in the Faculty/Staff Dining Room in the Furman Dining Hall.  After some socializing and prepared remarks, we will have the opportunity to dine together in the dining hall for only $6 with your OLLI nametag. We will hear about trips being planned for later this year. One member will share some of his experience and advice on how to plan train trips around North America and Europe if you enjoy watching the world go by out a train window.

 

Looking to “give back” with a flexible volunteer opportunity that utilizes your skills and interests? Your OLLI peers can help! Visit the Community Volunteer SIG on Wed., Nov. 8, 12:20–1:30 p.m. in HC004 to learn about opportunities with 19 organizations. We will feature United Ministries and Harvest Hope Food Bank. Questions? Contact Tom Nowlin.

 

Dr. Charles Davis, Furman’s First Gentleman, has published a cookbook, In the Kitchen at White Oaks, featuring recipes from the families of presidents John Plyler (1939-1964), Gordon Blackwell (1965-1976), John E. Johns (1976-1994), David Shi (1994-2010), Carl Kohrt (2013-14) and, of course, Elizabeth Davis.  Get your copies at a special book sale and signing in the Herring Center lobby on Thursday, November 9, 11:30-1.  Charles Davis will be here to sign books, and we will also be joined by OLLI members Martha Johns (First Lady of Furman 1976-1994) and John Plyler, whose father was President of Furman 1939-1964.  Books will be available for purchase in the Herring Center lobby that day for $24.99 plus tax.

 

Call for Photos!  “OLLI@Furman Winter Photography Showcase–“Moving Water Theme” We hope you are enjoying the Photography Showcase in the Crabtree Room.  The next exhibition is a juried exhibit and will go up in January.  If you are an OLLI member or staff and wish to participate in this exhibit, follow the application guidelines posted here, pick up in OLLI office, or request to furmanolliphoto@gmail.com. Then e-mail your name, title of your artwork, email address, and a digital copy (medium sized JPEG – 2048 pixels on the long side) of your art to furmanolliphoto@gmail.com or drop off submissions to at the OLLI Office.  Submissions due by Dec. 15. Only one submission per artist please.

 

What’s GOING ON at Furman University?

Help a Furman student! Help psychology students by participating in two different research studies:

  1. The Social Cognition and Aging Lab needs volunteers to complete an online survey about your personal experiences with memory tasks. The survey takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. You will be compensated $3 for your time. You must be 65 or older. Sessions will be in the Herring Center Computer Lab (HC104): Mondays, Oct. 30 and November 6, 12:30-2:30 p.m. No need to RSVP, just come! If you would like to help but are unavailable during the times above, email for an appointment.
  2. Help with a second study on mindfulness to support Positive Psychology Research. You’ll complete a paper survey in the Herring Center lobby and it will take about 25 minutes. 9:30-11 or after 1 p.m., Monday/Wednesday/Friday next week.  Contact Anna Peddle to schedule an appointment.

 

The Furman Percussion Ensemble in concert Saturday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m., Daniel Recital Hall, directed by Furman music professor Omar Carmenates. Tickets are $5 and available at the door.

 

The Blood Connection will be at Furman for a Blood Drive Tue., Oct. 30, 11 am–4 pm! Make an appointment here. Come out and help save three lives!

 

The Furman Department of Music presents a recital featuring faculty members Charles Tompkins (organ) and Gary Malvern (trumpet) Mon., Oct. 30, 8 p.m., Daniel Memorial Chapel. The concert begins with works by J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Free!

 

The High Noon lecture series continues, Wednesdays at Noon in the Resource Room on the second floor of the Upcountry History Museum in downtown Greenville. November 1, “Are You Fake News? Belief, Outrage and Incivility in the New Media Environment” presented by Drs. John Armstrong and Brandon Inabinet, Communication Studies, Furman University. Free.  See the full schedule on the website.

 

Join Judy Aten, OLLI Instructor and retired teacher of English, playwriting and acting, for an exploration of the works of Katherine Hepburn at the Upcountry History Museum’s Friday Flicks. Each program will begin with a short talk on the story behind the film, followed by screening of the film, and ending with a brief Q&A. November 3, Bringing Up Baby and November 10, The African Queen. All programs begin at 1:00 pm. and are free to museum members and free with regular museum admission. Learn more here.

 

The Riley Institute, the Institute for the Advancement of Community Health, and the Shi Center for Sustainability present Climate Change is Real:  Now What? on November 8-9, 7 p.m. both evenings, in the Younts Center at Furman.  The 2-day conference features a variety of compelling speakers, including former astronaut Charles Bolden and former US Congressman Bob Inglis.  Learn more here.  Free.

 

What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?

Over 100 quilts made by local quilters will be on display at the UpCountry Quilters Guild’s judged quilt show, “Stitches That Bind US.” See art quilts, modern quilts, miniatures, wall hangings, bed quilts and more.  Come see the Best of Show and ribbon winners from 20 categories.  Pickens View Wesleyan Church, 744 Bethlehem Ridge Rd., Pickens, SC 29671. Show dates and times: Friday, Nov. 3, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 4, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Call Paige Alexander for additional information 864-420-1384.

 

Interested in a moderated discussion focusing on our shared civic life? Consider joining a dinner sponsored by My Neighbor’s Voice, an effort started by Victoria Chance and Mary Anne Inglis in order to bring folks from different political persuasions together to listen to each other’s stories and perspectives about our shared civic life.  Each gathering has 10 -12 participants that work through different categories of questions. Please visit our website and join us for a gathering!  The dates are listed under event calendar.

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